11
Jesus was standing in front of the governor. The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes. It is just as you say," Jesus replied.

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12
But when the chief priests and the elders brought charges against him, he did not answer.

13
Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the charges they are bringing against you?"

14
But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge. The governor was really amazed.

15
It was the governor's practice at the Passover Feast to let one prisoner go free. The people could choose the one they wanted.

16
At that time they had a well-known prisoner named Barabbas.

17
So when the crowd gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to set free? Barabbas? Or Jesus who is called Christ?"

18
Pilate knew that the leaders were jealous. He knew this was why they had handed Jesus over to him.

19
While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message. It said, "Don't have anything to do with that man. He is not guilty. I have suffered a great deal in a dream today because of him."

20
But the chief priests and the elders talked the crowd into asking for Barabbas and having Jesus put to death.

21
"Which of the two do you want me to set free?" asked the governor. "Barabbas," they answered.

22
"Then what should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" Pilate asked. They all answered, "Crucify him!"

23
"Why? What wrong has he done?" asked Pilate. But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"

24
Pilate saw that he wasn't getting anywhere. Instead, the crowd was starting to get angry. So he took water and washed his hands in front of them. "I am not guilty of this man's death," he said. "You are accountable for that!"

25
All the people answered, "We and our children will accept the guilt for his death!"

26
Pilate let Barabbas go free. But he had Jesus whipped. Then he handed him over to be nailed to a cross.

27
The governor's soldiers took Jesus into the palace, which was called the Praetorium. All the rest of the soldiers gathered around him.

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28
They took off his clothes and put a purple robe on him.

29
Then they twisted thorns together to make a crown. They placed it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand. Then they fell on their knees in front of him and made fun of him. "We honor you, king of the Jews!" they said.

30
They spit on him. They hit him on the head with the stick again and again.

31
After they had made fun of him, they took off the robe. They put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to nail him to a cross.

62
The next day was the day after Preparation Day. The chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.

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63
"Sir," they said, "we remember something that liar said while he was still alive. He claimed, 'After three days I will rise again.'

64
So give the order to make the tomb secure until the third day. If you don't, his disciples might come and steal the body. Then they will tell the people that Jesus has been raised from the dead. This last lie will be worse than the first."

65
"Take some guards with you," Pilate answered. "Go. Make the tomb as secure as you can."

66
So they went and made the tomb secure. They put a seal on the stone and placed some guards on duty.